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More Than 100,000 Agree With Sen. Sanders: The Wealthy Must ‘Pay Their Fair Share’

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After delivering a marathon speech on June 27 urging President Barack Obama to turn to the wealthy to decrease the deficit, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) proved that many Americans are of like mind in a letter delivered to the White House on Tuesday. 102,564 Americans from all 50 states had signed it.

In addition to asking that the wealthy and most profitable corporations foot the bill for at least 50 percent of any deficit reduction package, an idea which Republicans have criticized harshly, Sanders asked Obama to use his bully pulpit to put an end to Republican proposals to cut funding for federal programs like Medicare and Medicaid. Sanders also noted that decreasing military spending would leave the government with more money to allocate to programs for the sick, poor and elderly, at a time when they need it the most.

He also wrote that

Everyone understands that over the long-term we have got to reduce the deficit. Mr. President, please listen to the overwhelming majority of the American people who believe that deficit reduction must be about shared sacrifice. The wealthiest Americans and the most profitable corporations in this country must pay their fair share.

The FairTax ladies and gentlemen. I know Progressives and Tea Partiers alike that absolutely love it. It takes a mighty cut at corpratism, brings the poor up, taxes WEALTH not PRODUCTIVITY and more importantly, you get to keep YOUR money. Look it up people.

-----Posted by TJ on 2011-07-12 16:00:09

1.adopt the foreign policy of China or better yet, Switzerland.
2. Decentralize social programs to the congressional district or even county level - more efficient less fraud overall.
3. Create a federal rapid response anti-poverty team for problems like Detroit, or south side Chicago to allow a one time flood of infrastructure money, without longterm strings attached.
4. Reduce significantly the enforcement of patents.
5. Create Local labor unions that would be involved in demanding certain living and working conditions, but not so much wages.
6. Don’t get caught in that fatal conceit that one central authority can plan for everyone.
7. Remember corporations ain’t people, legally or morally

Posted by John Phillips on 2011-07-08 13:14:42

John - what will fix the problem? No one wants to see anything cut and the wealthiest 1% don’t want to pay a larger share than the poorest 25%... So how do we solve the problem of the deficit??

Posted by Jess on 2011-07-08 06:16:56

Well, someone should explain to Bernie that corporations never ever pay taxes, and never will. They pass those taxes on to the consumers. Currently, 40% of the population, the poorest 40% pay no federal taxes at all. So we tax the corporations, that raises prices, even for the poorest people - essentially a tax on poor people. And of course, large Biotech and medical corporations are getting rich, in the first place, from medicare, and other government subsidies.

But Bernie preach class warfare if it gets him elected I guess. But it will never fix the problem.

Posted by John Phillips on 2011-07-06 12:46:11

The Republicans are morally depraved but it isn’t realy their fault, like spoiled children they have been allowed to do harm with no consequenses. It is the fault of the ignorant voters who elect them and even more so of the Democrats who, even when they had the power to make effective and efficient change, failed to do so. I know what to expect from Republicans, but my anger is directed at the Democrats who have completely abrogated their responsibilities to the people who elected them. And I am not alone!!

Posted by Kathleen Tepper on 2011-07-06 09:05:55

Sen. Bernie Sanders, please keep on struggling for the people. The country is being engulfed by the tyranny of the moneyed elite.

Posted by Terry Stettler on 2011-07-06 08:06:24

Why isn’t Senator Sanders running for president? The amount of election cheating would have to monumental to prevent his win. He truly represents the will of the people. Remember? “We the People…..”!

Posted by angelo festa on 2011-07-06 08:01:40

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